Chapter Summaries

Sumeru, the Golden Khanate, and Guixu attacked Empty Mulberry, where the wounded Kongsang Shaman King fought back, while Tang Xiaotang and Zhang Wantong moved to intervene. Lei Jun uncovered the attackers’ preparations and coordinated with Kongsang Earth Capital; the chapter ended as Xiang Chengyuan helped Zhang Wantong prepare to enter Empty Mulberry.

• Alata and the Demon Saint Kunpeng entered Empty Mulberry, while Good Wisdom Venerable followed and sealed the gate behind him.
• Good Wisdom Venerable planted a prepared Sutra Wheel in Empty Mulberry as Angqin and Kunpeng joined the battle against the Kongsang Shaman King.
• Ke Lang considered reopening the gate from the Present Han Human Realm, but held back after Lei Jun warned him of danger and Tang Emperor Zhang Wantong offered to handle the matter.
• Lei Jun used the Jade Clarity Zhou Heavenly Dharma Mirror to find a suspicious Saha Buddhist concealment on Black Ocean Island and warned Xu Yuanzhen.
• Tang Xiaotang reopened the sealed gate from the Former Song Human Realm and confronted Good Wisdom Venerable in Empty Mulberry.
• Xiang Chengyuan and Ke Lang met Zhang Wantong in Great Unity, where Xiang Chengyuan agreed to help her enter Empty Mulberry.

Xiang Chengyuan’s sacrificial rite sent Zhang Wantong into Empty Mulberry, while another Zhang Wantong led a Great Tang assault on Sumeru. As Good Wisdom Venerable faced mounting threats there, Lei Jun attacked Saha’s Black Ocean Island and killed Zen Master Chonghui, taking the newly transformed Immovable Venerable Lotus Platform.

• Xiang Chengyuan transformed into a crystal-bone altar, and Ke Lang completed the rite that sent Zhang Wantong to Empty Mulberry.
• Tang Xiaotang confronted Good Wisdom Venerable, while Zhang Wantong arrived unexpectedly and Great Extinction Venerable appeared beside her.
• Lei Jun’s Zhang Wantong incarnation used the five Buddha Seats, including a recreated Akshobhya Elephant Seat, to break Sumeru’s Womb Treasury transformation and lead Great Tang cultivators inside.
• Sumeru’s transformation shook the spiritual tide, prompting Venerable Puguang to accelerate the Azure Lotus Platform’s change as Lei Jun attacked Zen Master Chonghui on Black Ocean Island.
• Lei Jun defeated Zen Master Chonghui, seized the Immovable Venerable Lotus Platform, and destroyed Chonghui’s soul to prevent his rebirth.

Lei Jun secured the Immoveable Venerable Lotus Platform, diverted the Guixu demons’ attention, and prepared Yellow Springs for a trap while the battle for Empty Mulberry and Sumeru unfolded. When Golden Khan Angqin entered Yellow Springs, Lei Jun fought him in a prepared formation and killed him, leaving the Golden Khanate’s forces defeated.

• Lei Jun sealed the Immoveable Venerable Lotus Platform inside the Return Origin Bottle and left Black Ocean Island while Xu Yuanzhen held Venerable Puguang at Saha’s gate.
• Lei Jun evacuated civilians from Ba Shu, killed the Guixu demons who came to investigate, and set up a vast talisman formation throughout Yellow Springs.
• Tang Xiaotang told Lei Jun that Good Wisdom Venerable had taken Empty Mulberry, Zhang Wantong had gone to Sumeru, and she had killed Alata while obtaining a treasure that advanced her path to Natural Enlightenment.
• Angqin entered Yellow Springs with his warriors after Sumeru fell, but Lei Jun trapped them in the prepared formation and confronted him.
• Lei Jun used the Thunder Emperor True Body and Yellow Springs’ deathly qi to wound Angqin, while Angge A’sier was killed by Lei Jun’s Three Lights Smoke and Haze.
• Lei Jun recovered and resumed attacking Angqin until his body withered under the curses and netherworld qi, then shattered Angqin’s head with the Thunder Emperor Whip.

Lei Jun, Xu Yuanzhen, and Tang Xiaotang used the power of the Three Great Grotto-heavens to enter Saha and confront Venerable Puguang. Puguang fled, leaving the Jade Purity Miro Grotto-heaven in their control as the Spirit Mountain Witch King arrived.

• Lei Jun killed Golden Khan Angqin in the Yellow Springs, stabilized the realm, and returned to the Two Jin Dynasty Human World with his injuries worsening.
• Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang joined Xu Yuanzhen at the sealed Saha gate and combined their Bridges of Profound Understanding with the Celestial Master Three Treasures and the Three Great Grotto-heavens to enter Saha.
• Venerable Puguang sensed their arrival and fought them, but their combined techniques pierced his defenses and forced him to abandon Saha.
• Lei Jun confirmed that the Jade Purity Miro Grotto-heaven lay beneath Saha and that the Three Great Grotto-heavens had returned to the sect's control.
• The Spirit Mountain Witch King arrived outside Saha as Lei Jun prepared to face him and Tang Xiaotang went to inspect the Jade Purity Miro Grotto-heaven.

Lei Jun negotiated with Spirit Mountain Shaman King Huangfu Qi over retrieving Qiang Ming Lin Lang, while Dragon Tiger Mountain began managing Saha and investigating how to repair it. News from Good Wisdom Venerable led Demon Saint Kunpeng to suspect that Lei Jun alone had killed Golden Khan Angqin in Yellow Springs.

• Huangfu Qi and Zhao Qianran entered Saha after Venerable Puguang fled, and Huangfu Qi agreed to let Dragon Tiger Mountain handle Qiang Ming Lin Lang's recovery while Saha's Ritual Array remained intact.
• Tang Xiaotang inspected the Ritual Array and confirmed that Qiang Ming Lin Lang lay within the Jade Purity Miro Grotto-heaven, which had become integrated with Saha; Zhao Qianran verified that the treasure was unharmed.
• Huangfu Qi returned to Spirit Mountain and entered secluded cultivation, while Zhao Qianran briefed the Ten Witches on Saha's fall and Witch Zhen Jia Xianting left the meeting in silence.
• Lei Jun, Xu Yuanzhen, and Tang Xiaotang began work in the Grotto-heaven, and Tang Xiaotang revealed the Eight Extremes Obscure Bright Pearl she had found in Kongsang Sea Valley.
• Lei Jun assigned Qin Caiwei to lead Saha's resettlement efforts and instructed her not to block Buddhist pilgrims from entering, while monitoring the two Human Realms previously visited by Saha's Little Western Paradise.
• Good Wisdom Venerable told Sea Covering Flood Dragon King that Tang Xiaotang had not gone to Yellow Springs and that Lei Jun had reached the perfected fifth level; Demon Saint Kunpeng concluded that Lei Jun might have killed Golden Khan Angqin alone.

The Demon Saint Kunpeng and the Golden Khanate assessed the losses from the battles in Empty Mulberry and Yellow Springs, while the surviving khans planned to preserve their people. Back in Nether Abyss, Lei Jun reunited with Wang Guiyuan, shared the Immovable Venerable Lotus Platform, and recounted the recent battles.

• The Demon Saint Kunpeng questioned Bimasha about Puguang and Saha, then ordered Guixu sealed while he entered secluded cultivation to absorb his gains.
• After sensing Golden Khan Angqin’s death, Alslan and Haritana decided to retreat toward the Great Wilderness, while Hasen and the monks went to watch Earth Sea and the Yellow Springs portal.
• Zhuo Ligetu ordered Mo Rigen to take a small force to the Northern Plains Sacred Land while he led the main force east to gather information.
• Lei Jun left Saha’s affairs to Qin Caiwei and returned to the Great Tang, then traveled to Nether Abyss to meet Wang Guiyuan.
• Lei Jun gave Wang Guiyuan the Immovable Venerable Lotus Platform and described the battles in Yellow Springs, Empty Mulberry, and Saha; Wang Guiyuan said the treasure might provide a turning point against Puguang.

After the Three Caves and Three Heavens were restored, Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain to recover while Wang Guiyuan went to Saha. In the Present Han, Prince Qin Xiang Sheng prepared to take the throne as leaders from several realms gathered at Dragon Tiger Mountain to meet Lei Jun.

• Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan discussed their safeguards in the Nether Abyss, then parted, with Wang Guiyuan heading to Saha and Lei Jun returning to Dragon Tiger Mountain to heal.
• Prince Qin Xiang Sheng entered Chang'an, where Wang Yan and other leaders urged him to ascend the Great Han throne; Xiang Sheng ordered envoys sent to Sumeru and Great Tang.
• Deng Lai and Chen Lingfeng agreed to visit Great Tang, discussed rumors of a Dan Ding immortal in Kunlun and the possible reunification of the human realms, and later traveled there together.
• Sun Mingjing treated Lei Jun and resolved to attempt the Ninth Heaven Realm despite the risks of the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation.
• After recovering, Lei Jun received Deng Lai and Chen Lingfeng, along with Shen Xi of the Southern Jin Mount Shu Sect and Murong Minghui of the Northern Jin Pure Yang Palace, at the Celestial Master Hall.

Lei Jun received four Taoist sect leaders from the Two Jin and Great Han human realms, gave them talismans, and offered to help them reconnect with other Taoist lineages. Later, Mu Chunyang came to discuss the upheaval around Sumeru and his plans to establish a Zhenwu Temple branch in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Human Realm.

• Lei Jun welcomed Shen Xi, Murong Minghui, Chen Lingfeng, and Deng Lai, apologized for the Celestial Master Mansion's secret actions against Sumeru and Saha, and said he would not reestablish its branch in the Two Jin Human World.
• Murong Minghui, Shen Xi, Chen Lingfeng, and Deng Lai requested Dragon Tiger Mountain talismans to maintain contact and protect their sects, and Lei Jun agreed.
• Lei Jun told Deng Lai and Murong Minghui about the Kunwu Sect and True Lord Zhao in Kunlun's Pure Micro Heaven, and offered to convey their wish to visit.
• Shen Xi returned to the Two Jin Human World, while Deng Lai and Murong Minghui planned to visit Kunlun; Chen Lingfeng stayed and warned Lei Jun that Great Han Buddhist leaders held reservations about his sect.
• Mu Chunyang told Lei Jun that the Karma Division had returned to the Great Ming Human Realm and discussed the continuing White Lotus rebellion and court tensions.
• Mu Chunyang said he planned to travel to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Human Realm and establish a Zhenwu Temple inheritance in Later Han, whose ruler Zhou Pu he believed could bring the realm peace.

Lei Jun recovered from his injuries, followed developments across several human realms, and began exploring how to relocate the Yellow Heaven Altar while repairing treasures in Yellow Springs. The chapter ended with Abbot Baoneng meeting Cen Ruopu, Shatiluo, and Feng Wensu, who said he came from Youyin.

• Yuan Mobai warned Lei Jun that unfamiliar Buddhist monks in southern Great Ming might be successors of Saha's Thunder Sound Temple, and Lei Jun arranged for further investigation.
• Lei Jun learned that the Yellow Heaven Path had made progress in deducing how to relocate its altar, and he began considering similar attempts for Dragon Tiger Mountain's altars.
• Xin Beiyuan passed the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation, reached the Seventh Heaven Realm, and learned Lei Jun could help him attain a Netherworld Immortal Body.
• Fang Yue reached the Ninth Heaven's Governing the World realm, and Lei Jun sent Zhuo Baojie to congratulate him.
• Lei Jun went to Yellow Springs to repair two damaged treasures and returned the Five Decays Great Dao Bell to the Great Tang Mount Shu Sect, while Xu Yuanzhen refined Nine Abyss True Fire.
• Abbot Baoneng met Cen Ruopu, Shatiluo, and Feng Wensu at sea, where Feng Wensu introduced himself as a visitor from Youyin.

Feng Wensu offered Buddhist treasures and proposed cooperation with Buddhist factions while Youyin sought influence in the Great Ming Human Realm. Meanwhile, Thunder Sound Temple and the Spirit Mountain Ten Witches opened a Void Gate to Azure Universe, giving Lei Jun a promising new source of vitality for his cultivation plans.

• Feng Wensu delivered Buddhist treasures from the Nether Emperor to Abbot Baoneng and discussed cooperation with Shatiluo and Cen Ruopu as Youyin sought ties with factions in Great Ming.
• Near Xuzhou, Feng Wensu gave another Buddhist treasure bag to Monk Tianshu, who met Hui Yin; Hui Yin warned him to be wary of Feng Wensu and chose to explore Great Ming before deciding how to act.
• Good Wisdom Venerable learned that Youyin might be backing the Great Ming White Lotus uprising, while Luo Hai prepared to leave the battlefield and Master Baoneng delivered a black crystal from Chang You to Master Duming.
• Master Duming brought the crystal to Witch Zhen Jia Xianting, who used it in a ritual to open a Void Gate connecting the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Human Realm to Azure Universe.
• After receiving reports that Azure Universe had descended, Lei Jun recognized that its abundant vitality could provide the Nine Heavens component he needed for a new cultivation mystery.

Lei Jun and Xu Yuanzhen discussed the Azure Universe’s immortal True Dragons and their possible ability to move freely in the human realm, while Lei Jun restored Mount Shu’s Five Decays Great Dao Bell and watched his disciples’ cultivation advance. After Tang Xiaotang reported that the Azure Universe held both a Golden Crow and a True Dragon, she set out to meet a phoenix, and Bai Mei asked Lei Jun whether someone in that human realm had contacted Da Ju.

• Xu Yuanzhen told Lei Jun that she planned to enter Da Ju after the Yellow Springs Nine Abysses refinement and before the human realms converged, while they considered whether True Dragons in the Azure Universe could endure in the human realm.
• Lei Jun returned the Five Decays Great Dao Bell to Zhang Taigang and the Great Tang Mount Shu Sect, and Ji Dongquan asked about Yuan Qingci’s preparations for the Ninth Heaven Realm.
• Peng Qiao Yang chose to remain in Great Tang to study Yin Mountain Cavern’s use of gu arts in agriculture, and Lei Jun asked him to guide Hu Hengyuan before Hu attempted his tribulation.
• Lei Jun praised Zhuo Baojie’s progress toward a Life Cultivation Middle Heaven Falu and teased him about the name Purple Tenuity Bear.
• Tang Xiaotang told Lei Jun that the Azure Universe contained an immortal Golden Crow and a True Dragon called the Flowering Brightness Holy Lord, then left to meet a phoenix with Qin Caiwei.
• Lei Jun visited Wang Guiyuan in Saha and then met Bai Mei, who asked whether anyone in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Human Realm had contacted Da Ju.

Lei Jun’s allies entered the Azure Universe, where Tang Xiaotang met its powerful spirit beings and Qin Caiwei received a Phoenix Tree Divine Wood Branch. As the Golden Crow and True Dragon prepared to settle their rivalry, Lei Jun cultivated a new power in Saha, while Jia Xianting prepared to exploit the coming conflict and Xu Yuanzhen set out for Da Ju.

• Bai Mei told Lei Jun that Da Ju’s damage had begun before the late Han calamity and involved unusual cracks tied to time, deepening his interest in the realm.
• Tang Xiaotang and Qin Caiwei met Feng Ming the Phoenix in the Azure Universe, where he welcomed them and arranged for Wutong Chaoyang to give them a Phoenix Tree Divine Wood Branch in exchange for future spirit plants.
• Qin Caiwei returned the branch to Lei Jun, who assigned her to gather spirit plants while Tang Xiaotang stayed in the Azure Universe and reported that Golden Crow Haoyang and True Dragon Hua Wei would establish a battle agreement.
• Lei Jun refined the Phoenix Tree leaves and cultivated a dark power he named the Nether Abyss Gale, opposite to Nine Colored Flowing Splendor.
• Jia Xianting prepared to take advantage of the coming battle between the Azure Universe’s immortal spirits, while Xu Yuanzhen chose to travel to Da Ju after hearing about its unusual time-related fissures.
• Wang Guiyuan reported that Venerable Puguang and two perfected Dharma Body cultivators remained difficult to trace, and Lei Jun asked him for more leads before taking his Zen Staff.

Lei Jun prepared a ritual array to deal with Venerable Puguang and coordinated Taoist relations across several human realms as political tensions grew. Tang Xiaotang returned with news that the Azure Universe’s two immortal spirit overlords would fight in seven years, while Lei Jun revealed that Eldest Sister had literally pierced Da Ju’s sky.

• Lei Jun gave Zhuo Baojie the Phoenix Tree Divine Wood Branch and Talismans to cultivate for his planned ritual array, then continued preparing materials in Saha.
• Zhang Xionghu crossed the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation, while Fang Jian discussed traveling through the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Human Realm and Lei Jun arranged contact between the Mount Shu and Spirit Mountain Shaman Sects.
• Zhou Mingzhe ordered Nie Song to suppress news of Mu Chunyang and guard the southern Void Gate, then learned Yuan Qingci had reached the Ninth Heaven and invited Abbot Guang Shu to the Capital City.
• Shatiluo sought the Four-Winged Heavenly Serpent King’s cooperation in a plan involving Empty Mulberry, and the demon agreed to wait for further arrangements.
• Shen Xi visited Lei Jun after stabilizing Gongsun Daoqi’s Immortal Soul, then departed to explore the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Human Realm.
• Tang Xiaotang told Lei Jun that Golden Crow Haoyang and True Dragon Flowering Brightness would battle in seven years, and Lei Jun reported that Eldest Sister had poked a hole through Da Ju’s sky.

Xu Yuanzhen’s work at the Abyss of Time revealed ancient fragments and destabilized Da Ju, while Lei Jun and his companions investigated and continued cultivating. Elsewhere, Master Duming gathered intelligence about Da Ju and Mu Chunyang before Cen Ruopu revealed the Taoist and Buddhist leaders’ next aim: accelerating the convergence of the human realms.

• Lei Jun told Tang Xiaotang that Xu Yuanzhen had made the Abyss of Time shrink but unleashed chaotic currents, and Tang Xiaotang joined Chu Kun in traveling to Da Ju with the Time Blade Soul.
• Lei Jun, Wang Guiyuan, Tang Xiaotang, and Chu Kun received reports that the Abyss of Time had existed since the ancient era, while Lei Jun continued investigating Da Ju and cultivating through the changing seasons.
• Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan discussed Xu Yuanzhen’s and Tang Xiaotang’s cultivation, Tang Xiaotang’s changed attitude toward rivalry, and Lei Jun’s possible immortal formulas.
• Monk Tianshu gave Feng Wensu the Confucian Longitude and Latitude Box containing He Xuan Mountain Man’s Phoenix Cry Collection, which Feng Wensu hoped would help him find Lianshan.
• Master Duming met Tang Chongye in secret, questioned him about Da Ju and Mu Chunyang, then departed to meet Master Baoneng and Cen Ruopu.
• Cen Ruopu reported that Zhou intended to go further, prompting Master Baoneng and Master Duming to ask whether he meant accelerating the convergence of the human realms.

Cen Ruopu urged Thunder Sound Temple to support merging the human realms, and Master Baoneng began preparing in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Human Realm. After Shen Xi and Mu Chunyang fought the monks and they escaped to Great Ming, Lei Jun investigated their abandoned arrangements and sought to expand the use of detection treasures, leaving Wang Guiyuan wary of being asked to supply rare materials.

• Cen Ruopu told Masters Baoneng and Duming that merging the human realms would ease travel and communication, and said Azure Sky would reopen with Former Affiliates of the Heavenly Palace inside.
• Master Baoneng investigated Earth Veins and prepared Ritual Arrays, but Shen Xi’s Ethereal Jade Chime detected him, prompting Shen Xi to confront him.
• Master Baoneng and Master Duming fought Shen Xi and Mu Chunyang, then escaped through a Void Gate to the Great Ming Human Realm with help from an unidentified local power.
• Lei Jun discussed the mysterious assistance with Wang Guiyuan, visited the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Human Realm, and examined the traces of Baoneng’s preparations with Shen Xi.
• Lei Jun borrowed Shen Xi’s Ethereal Jade Chime and proposed making more devices to monitor activity across the human realms, prompting him to ask Wang Guiyuan for rare materials.

Lei Jun planned a network of Buddhist magical artifacts and watched the shifting conflicts across the human realms, then prepared to reopen the Earth Sea Gate. Meanwhile, news of Ge Xuanzhi’s possible return set the Kunwu Sect on a course for a reckoning, while efforts to summon Lianshan advanced in the Two Jin and Great Ming realms.

• Wang Guiyuan gave Lei Jun three Treasure Bottles, and Lei Jun began designing a hidden network to extend across selected human realms.
• Zhou Pu trapped and killed the King Liang with the Martial Immortal Pupil, then directed Later Han forces into Southern Chu as the Spirit Mountain Shaman Sect stayed quiet.
• Tang Xiaotang attended the Great Han Dragon Tiger Mountain Ordinance Conferment Ceremony, then hurried away after seeing that visitors from the Great Song Pure Yang Palace had come.
• Chu Yu told Zhang Haipeng that Ge Xuanzhi might still be alive in Azure Sky, and Zhao Chanyang said the Kunwu Sect would settle its old entanglement with him when he returned.
• Lei Jun decided to reopen the Earth Sea Gate while traveling there, as Fang Yue received mysterious writing, the Ye clan leaders prepared a final effort to summon Lianshan, and Feng Wensu observed a similar ritual array advancing in Great Ming.

Lin Xiaoyi and Ye Zhao entered Lianshan to investigate its strange scarcity of spiritual energy, while Fang Yue and Feng Wensu became trapped in its painted landscapes. Lei Jun learned that Jiang Fengge and Zheng Baiyu might still be alive and began investigating Youyin and the Former Song Human Realm.

• Lin Xiaoyi and Ye Zhao entered Lianshan after the Ye Clan debated the risks of confronting its possible master, Jiang Fengge.
• Fang Yue arrived in Lianshan, recognized its landscapes as ancient human-world scenery, and became trapped among painted scrolls.
• Feng Wensu used sacrificial vessels and a painting by Jiang Fengge to announce that he had come on the Nether Emperor’s behalf.
• Zhang Wantong rescued Fang Yue from Lianshan as clans from the Two Jin Dynasty Human World fled through its gate and Xiao Jing’s forces entered it.
• Lei Jun connected reports of Lianshan and Youyin to Jiang Fengge and Zheng Baiyu, then reopened the gate from the Earth Sea to the Former Song Human Realm with the Nine Li Clan’s help.

Lei Jun reopened the Earth Sea portal into the Former Song Human Realm, wiped out its watchers, and investigated clues about Youyin while his presence deterred Empty Mulberry Buddhism and the khanates from acting. After Tang Emperor Zhang Wantong failed to take Lianshan from Jiang Fengge, Lei Jun returned to the Two Jin Dynasty Human World and helped the Mount Shu Sect establish an Ethereal Net to find covert Buddhist activity.

• Lei Jun reopened the Earth Sea portal, killed the Golden Khanate and Empty Mulberry sentries, and traveled to Youyan to investigate Youyin’s premature arrival and its possible connection to Zheng Baiyu.
• Hasen and Bimasha reported the Earth Sea upheaval to Good Wisdom Venerable, who ordered preparations to merge the human realms while all sides avoided rash action.
• Tang Emperor Zhang Wantong entered Lianshan and fought Jiang Fengge, but he drove her out and sealed the gate; she later told Lei Jun that Xiao Jing, Ye Zhao, Lin Xiaoyi, and others remained there.
• The Nether Emperor received Feng Wensu’s message in Youyin and said that events were proceeding according to plan, with Da Ju and the Abyss of Time as the next priorities.
• Lei Jun returned to the Two Jin Dynasty Human World, returned the Ethereal Jade Chime to Gongsun Daoqi, and worked with Shen Xi to establish an Ethereal Net for detecting covert activity.
• Li Wanqiu and the Southern Jin Mount Shu Sect used the Ethereal Net to seize a monk contacting Empty Mulberry and people approaching the human world’s Earth Vein; Lei Jun refined the network and planned another for the Great Ming Human Realm.

Lei Jun expanded the Ethereal Net network across several Human Realms while managing alliances, threats, and succession matters. He continued cultivating and training his disciples, ending with his five qi gradually harmonizing as he approached the next stage of cultivation.

• Lei Jun met Hui Yin in the Great Ming Human Realm, gave him an Ethereal Net, and discussed the Celestial Book, Zheng Baiyu, and the hidden plans surrounding Youyin.
• Lei Jun delivered a third Ethereal Net to Zhu Junjie in the Former Song Human Realm, then declined Qi Yicheng’s request for Dragon Tiger Talismans until the Great Song Pure Yang Palace could deliberate with Zheng Chen.
• Lei Jun discussed revealing the Two Elements Heavenly Origin Dharma Talisman and Yuan Magnetic Flying Sword to his disciples, while keeping other methods secret.
• After turning ninety-five, Lei Jun completed a fourth Ethereal Net and sent it to Mu Chunyang in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Human Realm to support investigations into Buddhist schemes.
• Han Xiaofei reached the Sixth Heaven Dao Seal Realm, chose Dragon Tiger Twin Spirits as her Natal Third Dharma, and received instructions from Lei Jun before going to find Cheng Rongrong.
• Lei Jun continued cultivating as his five qi gradually harmonized, and he passed his ninety-sixth birthday.

As Qin Caiwei advanced and the Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion continued to grow, Lei Jun prepared to pursue immortality by quietly revisiting the people, places, and battles that had shaped his path. After decades of wandering and reflection, he left the mountain once more and returned to the verdant mountain where he had first arrived in this world.

• Qin Caiwei visited the Azure Universe before returning to the sect, and Bai Mei explained that Gao Tiansui had fought Grand Sun Holy Lord over a Heavenly Palace treasure.
• Xu Yuanzhen entered the Abyss of Time, while Chu Kun prepared to attempt the tribulation between the Eighth and Ninth Heavens; Qin Caiwei later reached the Eighth Heaven, and Zhuo Baojie advanced to the Divine Court Middle Scene Realm.
• After observing Tang Xiaotang's progress and consulting Yuan Mobai, Lei Jun traveled to Da Ju, studied the Abyss of Time, and began a solitary journey through the Human Realms and other worlds.
• Lei Jun revisited Saha, the Two Jin Dynasty, Yellow Springs, the Former Song, the Nether Abyss, the Present Han, Penglai, Earth Sea, Great Unity, Great Tang, Sumeru, and Guicang, silently observing their people and changes while beginning to shape a new city in Yellow Springs.
• Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain and entered prolonged seclusion as the years passed, while news arrived of Guo Yan preparing to break through to the Sixth Heaven and Feng Gui dying during his attempt to reach the Ninth Heaven.
• Lei Jun left Dragon Tiger Mountain again and arrived at the verdant mountain where he had first come into this world.